8.2 Using Virgo Shell Commands

Note

This section is not applicable to Virgo Nano.

Virgo provides shell commands
that allow you to examine artifacts
currently installed in a particular Virgo Kernel instance, manage the lifecycle of the installed artifacts, install new artifacts, and shut down
the Virgo Kernel. You can install, examine, and manage the lifecycle of the following artifacts:

Bundles

Configuration Artifacts

PARs

Plans

and can examine:

Exported packages

Services in the OSGi service registry

Virgo also provides shell commands to list all bundles that contain, export, or load a particular class.

These commands are provided for the user region shells only and are grouped together in
the vshscope.

Virgo Shell Commands

The following table lists the Virgo shell commands; each command in turn has a variety of options that you can specify, depending on what you want to do, such as start a bundle or refresh a plan. The reference documentation about each command provides the full list of available options.